Blazer
A Rails engine for business intelligence that lets you explore data with SQL, create charts and dashboards, and share insights with your team.
What is Blazer?
Blazer is a business intelligence tool built as a Rails engine that allows teams to explore their data using SQL, create charts and dashboards, and set up automated data checks. It solves the problem of providing an accessible, self-hosted BI platform that integrates directly with existing Rails applications and multiple data sources.
Development and data teams within organizations using Ruby on Rails who need an internal tool for ad-hoc data querying, visualization, and monitoring without relying on external BI services.
Developers choose Blazer for its seamless integration with Rails, support for numerous data sources, and emphasis on security through read-only database users and audit trails, all while being open-source and self-hostable.
Overview
Business intelligence made simple
Use Cases
Best For
- Building internal dashboards for business metrics without external BI tools
- Enabling non-technical team members to run safe, parameterized SQL queries
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